Augustus Sol Invictus is a Florida-based attorney, white supremacist, conspiracy theorist (e.g. Holocaust denialist), self-proclaimed demigod, and self-described “radical philosopher and social critic”. Invictus rose to general attention in 2016, when he ran (unsuccessfully – apparently we have to state that explicitly these days) for Senate as a Libertarian and has since been a regular feature on the alt-right – he was, for instance, a headline speaker at the Unite the Right rally – and legal representative of various wingnuts and fascists (Invictus has substantial experience with the legal system himself). Since Invictus is a pagan – he has been expelled from the Thelemite fraternal organization Ordo Templi Orientis – the more recent fusion of groyperism with the religious right might have presented a bit of a career obstacle for him: he is at least somewhat less visible these days than he was in his heydays. Invictus has been an advocate of eugenics, although he officially recognizes that the practical implementation of eugenics is problematic.
Invictus is a staunch critic of democracy, pop culture, consumerism, mass media, secularism, psychiatry, the modern world in general, and lawyers, and in 2013, he renounced his college degrees, his US citizenship, Catholicism, and his (up to then) law firm, partially on the grounds of he had received a prophecy about a second American Civil War: “I have prophesied for years that I was born for a Great War; that if I did not witness the coming of the Second American Civil War I would begin it myself. Mark well: That day is fast coming upon you. On the New Moon of May, I shall disappear into the Wilderness. I will return bearing Revolution, or I will not return at all” [source: his resignation letter to his law firm, which also stated that “I am God’s gift to humankind where the English language is concerned” and that “I have a Cadillac & a poodle, multiple computers & a personal library”]. In fairness, he did carry out a substantial wilderness retreat, and returned “bearing Revolution”, something he celebrated by sacrificing a goat and starting his own law firm, Imperium Lex, which earned him some notoriety for serving on the legal defense of Marcus Faella, head of a central Florida neo-Nazi group the American Front, when Faella was accused of domestic terrorism. For his 2016 campaign he recommended his voters not to vote but rather to “take LSD and practice sorcery”, toured the American Northwest, and lost by a landslide.
After his loss, Invictus founded the completely-indistinguishable-from-other-wingnut-conspiracy-sites The Revolutionary Conservative, was a member of and then ejected from American Guard, and was briefly second-in-command of the Fraternal Order of Alt-Knights, Kyle Chapman’s militant splinter of the Proud Boys. He has also been running for various political positions, without garnering the same level of attention as his 2016 run (the competition for attention due to idiocy and extremism has stiffened) on platforms encompassing eclectic and wide-ranging political views, although he might be particularly notable for proposing to repeal the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, and Nineteenth Amendments and insisting that only white male citizens should have the right to vote or own real estate. As for his Charlottesville involvement, Richard Spencer actually credited Invictus with writing the first draft of the Charlottesville Statement, a white nationalist manifesto that contained copious amounts of anti-semitism, misogyny and racism.
Notable (or curious) Invictus fans include Anthony Macias, California Republican Party delegate for Santa Clara County, and neo-Nazi event planner Jovanni Valle.
Diagnosis: Yes, it’s Florida Man. Florida Man is a very diverse species, but its members are immediately recognizable when you encounter one.
Hat-tip: Rationalwiki
What is he doing in 2026? Because he seems to have quit in 2018 or so.
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